Date pit composition for the treatment of animals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10265368-B2
Application number	US-201715484730-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2017
Priority date	Oct 28, 2011
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

A method of treating or preventing bacterial infection in an animal comprises administering an effective amount of degraded date pits. Degraded date pits can be produced by the treatment of date pits with fungi.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing an antibacterial feed additive for treating a bacterial infection in an animal subject in need thereof, the method comprising subjecting date pits to solid state degradation using Trichoderma reesei to form a Trichoderma reesei -degraded date pit composition.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bacterial infection is caused by at least one of Salmonella species, Campylobacter species, Shigella species, and Escherichia species.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Trichoderma reesei -degraded date pit composition comprises mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS).

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the Trichoderma reesei -degraded date pit composition comprises free mannose.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the antibacterial feed additive is in the form of a powder.

6. A method for preparing an antibacterial feed composition for use in treating a bacterial infection in an animal subject in need thereof, the method comprising subjecting date pits to solid state degradation using Trichoderma reesei to form Trichoderma reesei -de graded date pit composition, and mixing the Trichoderma reesei -degraded date pit composition with an animal feed composition.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the bacterial infection is caused by at least one of Salmonella species, Campylobacter species, Shigella species, and Escherichia species.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the Trichoderma reesei -degraded date pit composition is mixed with the animal feed composition to achieve a concentration of the Trichoderma reesei -degraded date pit composition of between 5-20% w/w relative to the animal feed composition.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the Trichoderma reesei -degraded date pit composition is mixed with the animal feed composition to achieve a concentration of the Trichoderma reesei -degraded date pit composition of about 10% w/w relative to the animal feed composition.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the animal feed composition comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of corn, soybean meal, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, corn oil and fish meal.

11. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the animal subject is selected from the group consisting of cattle, horses, pigs, goats, and poultry.

Assignees

• Univ United Arab Emirates

Inventors

• Soliman Hussein Ahmed
• Hassan Belal Ibrahim
• Alyalyali Salem Rashed Ali
• El Tarabily Khaled Abas

Classifications

• A61P31/04

  Antibacterial agents · CPC title

• A61P3/02

  Nutrients, e.g. vitamins, minerals · CPC title

• A61K36/889 Primary

  Arecaceae, Palmae or Palmaceae (Palm family), e.g. date or coconut palm or palmetto · CPC title

• A61K31/702

  Oligosaccharides, i.e. having three to five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages · CPC title

• A23K20/158

  Fatty acids; Fats; Products containing oils or fats · CPC title